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The extra trade has now closed, so that will help the averages.

I reckon the level 3 short's likely to open at 10:15, but what do I know.

Cynic - As you seem to be trading when the spirit moves you, I don't want any actual figures but have you got any statistics on what sort of return on capital employed you get over 12 months.

You don't sound like a gambler so if you have perhaps you can post them, or even e-mail them to me, because I don't have anything to compare my performance to.

By the way Brexit was such an unusual day that it totally messed up any hope of posting reliable figures here, so I withdrew my winnings and restarted with a £40k bank. I did have another account that I used for experimenting and that's where the other £3,301.66 came from.

not info i would divulge :-)
btw, anyone even dabbling in the markets on their own account is de facto a gambler

i also took over running my sipp a year or so ago, as i didn't like the slice the so-called investment managers (experts haha!) were taking and nor was i much impressed by the performance ...... i reckoned i'ld be happier making my own decisions, so if i lost money, it was of my own doing

The level 3 short opened as expected at !0:15, so everything's going to plan this morning.

Cynic - I was only looking for a 12 month % figure. Something to compare with the 89.8% projection shown in the header. The target's really a little over 100%, but it was messed up by the money I transferred from my No 2 (experimental) account that's now closed.

I don't think of myself as a gambler, although I do occasionally have £5 ew on Group One horse just for fun.

dithered with my pin to short with Dax just shy of 10,500
as so often in life, an if only :-))

anyway, banked all bar 1 x long Dax

Thanks DreamCatcher for your suggestion.
I'm back in my old clothing now......


But I am still trying to catch my dream though !

I am the opposite end of the scale with every way with Ken; As I try to win BIG with smallest pot possible. So far, not very successful, therefore, still working on it. If interested, you can see all my tradings, LIVE & demo, all automated, here https://www.mql5.com/en/signals/192709

Not using a pin, but totally via technical analysis, as wel as money management.

you're far cleverer than me ken :-)

We seem to had a valid initial long signal at 11:15 and you know what that means.

Cynic - I'm feeling a little embarrassed having misinterpreted your thread title and thinking you were trading the FTSE. I seem to be taking all your time as there are no posts on there since Monday and even that was connected to me. Yours was the only active thread I could find, but I realise now that perhaps I should have posted mine on the Traders Room. Sorry.

The long's now open so with trades in both directions, I'm expecting to close at least one more today.

ken - please stay here ..... you are much better informed that me; i started the FTSE thread ages ago primarily as an alternative to others who picked stocks only

it's only very recently that is started trading DAX, and generally it's been kind to me

Ken - I go away on hols for a week or so and find the whole Advfn shop has been shutdown, I hope I have found you.
Just to let you know that I am back up and running Somnus v5.6 on both long and short trading.
As you know I need to ring fence with slightly different variables to you as I cannot afford to let the 'old lady' get carried away. The important thing though is that Somnus continues to make profits, although sometimes I need to be a little more patient than you skipper.

Nice to see a few more friendly faces on the board

Welcome back Bunny. I hope you had a good holiday. I did suggest that you'd been picked for the Ryder Cup and all your time was being spent practising.

Get ready everyone, because I've asked them to change the header for me and in future the thread will be called INDEX TRADING WITH THE MT4 SOMNUS EA. I think that will be more descriptive of what we're all about.

I hope you approve.

I've now become very impressed with MoneyAM and having been in touch several times I almost feel as if they're my personal friends.

Sorry guys, but I've just found an error on the table I updated this morning.

It only effected the current amount I was in debt, but it's up to date now.

Bit of a crazy Long trade just open for me Ken @10464 along with the earlier Short @10463.5 so I am now on board both ways.

Bunny - So you managed to find us here and you've got my last 2 trades. Knowing you as one the originals I presume you're still being greedy and expecting to get 50 points, while I'm being satisfied with 40, although your short will close a long way before mine.

I said earlier that I was expecting at least one more trade to close today, but at this point it looks as if we might as well go to bed early.

Yes Ken looking for the 50pts which I just got on that crazy long trade. The lady rarely disappoints.

Yes Bunny - You were right again, but I'm still going to use a 40 point T/P. I believe in leaving some for the next man.

Well done.

We seem to have lost Omar and JR. I hope they had the thread saved as a favourite.

that random pin method seems to be working rather well :-)
unsure whether to bank the profit before close of biz in usa or to hang on to see how Dax opens in the morning

decided to bank another squiddly 44 point profit at 10,508 (but it all adds up as ken observed), leaving another moderate Dax long to run its course

i was partly influenced by the fact that 10,508 was just about the upper limit of today's trading ......o'night may see a surge towards 10,550 (the next hurdle) or a retrenchment from the current level ..... Agatha tells me that's reasonable logic :-)